Can You Treat Cancer With Herbs?
Friday, January 15th, 2010Treating cancer with herbs is a question that I get asked a lot, so I will attempt to start addressing concerns here:
First of all, herbalists (& acupuncturists) don’t actually treat cancer, we treat the side-effects of Western medicine treatments for it.
Second, as Oriental Medicine Practitioners, we’re not allowed to say or claim that we treat cancer or cure it! As for myself, I have to testify to that for my malpractice insurance and there is some statement to that effect on our practice act here in Florida. I can only assume that it’s the same in other states.
Third, it’s my personal opinion that you should have a good medical workup if you have cancer by a qualified MD, surgeon, oncologist, and/ or radiologist. Only then can you make an informed decision on how you will deal with this diagnosis.
Now with that out of the way we can explore how herbs can help you when you have cancer.
Cancer treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation have fairly common side-effects. You might lose your hair. You may have nausea & vomiting. You may be easily fatigued and tired all the time with low energy. Your immunity is probably at an all time low. This is all from your cancer treatment.
Herbal medicines can help with all these side-effects:
- decrease nausea and vomiting
- improve your energy
- decrease tiredness & fatigue
- boost your immunity
- help you sleep
Hi, I'm Christine Hasinger, DOM. I’m an Oriental Medicine Practitioner of which a large part is utilizing natural herbal medicine. You see, we're Master Herbalists as well as Acupuncturists. A large part of our extensive training focuses on the preparation, making, use and prescribing of herbs and herbal formulas for a wide variety of health disorders and problems.